Alice Threw The Looking Glass: It's Not a Typo

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March 22, 2013|Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater, Middletown

Oddfellows Playhouse's Junior Repertory Company will present "Alice Threw The Looking Glass: A Parody of Strunk & White's The Elements of Style by John Walch." The comedic combination of the world of Alice in Wonderland and grammar rules will run April 4-6 at 7:30 p.m.

First-year college student Alice is in serious danger of failing her English course when she follows her composition paper into the trash -- and ends up in a hallucinatory world where the rules of grammar are turned upside-down. If she wants to pass, she'll need to deal with gunslinging run-on sentences, thugs hawking colloquialisms, fearsome Modifier Leeches, and more. Inspired by Lewis Carroll and parodying the grammar and writing style bible The Elements of Style by Strunk & White, this witty comedy explores the fantasy world of language in all its grotesque mutations.

The Junior Repertory Company is comprised of students in grades 5-8, from 10 different towns throughout central Connecticut. The Junior Repertory company brings to life challenging and fun theatrical productions appropriate for audiences of all ages.

The production runs Thursday through Saturday, April 4 through April 6. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for students/seniors. Anyone brining a canned food item for Amazing Grace Food Pantry will receive a $2 discount on their ticket. Tickets are available online at http://www.oddfellows.org or by calling 860-347-6143.

The production is made possible by major support from CT State Department of Education, Middlesex United Way, The Stare Fund, Pratt & Whitney, the Middletown Commission on the Arts and Daphne Sebolt Culpeper Foundation. Media support is provided by WESU 88.1FM.